Chapter 33
"Okay, today's class ends here." In the narrow room, the woman closed the textbook, looked at the three children in front of her, and said gently, "Come to see the teacher at the same time tomorrow."
"Okay!" Hearing the children's unison response, she pursed her lips and smiled with a dimple.
There was a noise at the door at this time. The young woman looked up and saw the middle-aged woman rushing in. She was surprised and asked, "Mom, why are you back at this time?"
She quickly put down the homemade textbook in her hand and pushed her wheelchair forward to greet him.
The woman's name is Liu Xueruo. She became disabled in both legs due to an accident in her childhood, and she has never left a wheelchair since then. When the doomsday game came, Liu Xueruo was only in high school. She had no time to pack and hurriedly embarked on the road of escape with her mother Liu Yan.
It is difficult for ordinary people to survive in the apocalypse, let alone a single mother with a daughter with limited mobility.
Fortunately, Liu Xueruo drew the priest class and Liu Yan drew the knight class. With their professions combined, although their attack power is low, it is not difficult for them to protect themselves. The mother and daughter supported each other and barely got through the difficult ten years, and finally succeeded in settling down in Guangming Town.
The various dangers encountered along the way brought tremendous mental pressure. Liu Xueruo still often wakes up in the middle of the night, sweating profusely.
After settling in Guangming Town, they achieved a long-term goal and suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. As Liu Yan was getting older and her reaction time was declining, she was no longer suitable for fighting in the wild for a long time. So the mother and daughter decided to open a nursery in their living room.
In the apocalypse, the number of newborns has dropped significantly, and it is very difficult to get orders. Fortunately, Liu Xueruo used to be a student in a key high school with good academic performance, so she can teach the children to read and write. Liu Yan had worked as a nanny and was a hard-working person. When she had children, she would go out to earn extra money. Her income was barely enough to make ends meet, and she could occasionally upgrade the furniture at home and buy some larger items.
Even so, life was still very difficult.
Liu Yan just wanted to save some money for her daughter while she was still agile and could work for two more years. Given her daughter's situation, she may not be able to find a suitable family to marry into, and she may even be bullied. So Liu Yan doesn't seek to find a son-in-law. She just wants the mother and daughter to live a peaceful life and save more money so that her daughter can have enough food and clothing with the savings after she is gone.
Liu Xueruo is also very hardworking and can basically take care of herself. When Liu Yan goes out to work, she can still tidy up the room after finishing teaching. Although this small room is not big and the lighting is not good, she did her best to decorate it to be quite warm, and the parents who came to pick up their children all praised it.
Normally, Liu Yan should have gone to a house in the town to do house cleaning today. Liu Xueruo didn't expect her to come back so early, and she immediately went to greet her with concern.
Her mother looked excited, her eyes shining, and she looked around as she entered the door. Liu Xueruo tilted her head in confusion.
"Mom, what's wrong?"
"Ms. Jiang and her family had to go out for something urgent. They said they left in a hurry and didn't have time to inform me. They left me a note on the door saying that the meeting was cancelled today and since it was their problem, the deposit would not need to be refunded." Liu Yan muttered to herself and found a stack of white paper on the table left over from Liu Xueruo teaching her students to write, and hurriedly picked it up.
Liu Xueruo's heart softened when she heard this, "Ms. Jiang and Mr. Fu are both good people."
Knowing their family situation, the two of them deliberately did not hire a nanny near their home, but instead traveled halfway across the city to find Liu Yan, asking her to clean their house once every two weeks, and they quoted a very good price each time.
Human nature is revealed in the doomsday. Liu Yan and her daughter have seen many people with bad intentions, even bastards who covet Liu Xueruo and want to take advantage of her, so they cherish these kindnesses.
"Let's not talk about that. I just passed by the bulletin board and wanted to see if there was any new work to take on. As a result, I found that a hotel was recruiting permanent employees." Liu Yan took out a piece of white paper, cut it into palm size strictly according to the requirements above, and quickly wrote a few lines.
"Hotel, regular employee?" Liu Xueruo was stunned, "But..."
The treatment in those hotels is not very good. They have to work from morning till night and sometimes even have to work night shifts. The day and night are reversed, and it is tiring and hard. In the end, the income may not be as good as their current job.
Although the nursery is not very stable and there are not children coming every day, but with Liu Yan's odd jobs, the family can earn an average of 60 to 70 points a day, which is enough for the mother and daughter to live on.
Liu Xueruo didn't quite understand why her mother was suddenly so eager to work outside.
"It's the Nuan Nuan Hot Spring, opened by the owner of the shop that sold oden before." Liu Yan worked non-stop, quickly listing the basic information of the mother and daughter. After thinking for a while, she stopped writing and handed it to Liu Xueruo, "Xue Rou, you write it, and we will apply for the job together."
Liu Xueruo was confused by her mother's swift and decisive action and hadn't yet realized what was going on.
She did hear about the oden, and the son of Mr. Chen, a neighbor who was on good terms with her mother, snatched a portion for her. Old Chen kindly gave half a skewer to the mother and daughter - there were really too many people to share it with, so they each only tasted a bite, but it was enough to make the two of them obsessed with the taste and the slightly warm afterglow for the next few days.
But what about hot spring hotels?
"It is said that the hot spring hotel has just opened and is short-staffed. If you apply now, you can get food and accommodation. If you are selected, you can eat hot meals every day."
Liu Yan looked at her daughter's pale face with heartache.
Liu Xueruo has been looking very bad because she has been sitting in a wheelchair for a long time, not leaving the house, and has a poor diet. In the last days, everyone focuses on exercise. When she stands next to other girls, her figure looks even thinner and frailer.
Liu Xueruo also understood her mother's thoughts and thought for a moment, "But according to what you said, the hot spring is far away outside the city. How can we get there..."
"The family has saved a lot of money over the years. Mom has already thought about it. At worst, we can use the money to hire a team of high-level players to escort us there. Old Chen's son should know a reliable team." Liu Yan's eyes were firm.
Liu Xueruo lowered her head and looked at her mother holding her hand tightly.
There was no heating in the small room, but the hand was warm, and the heat from the mother's body continued to warm him.
The corners of her eyes turned red, and she clenched the ballpoint pen in her hand, writing in beautiful handwriting stroke by stroke.
*
At the same time, at least dozens of people in Guangming Town were leaning over the table, biting the tip of their pens and struggling to think about the content of their resumes.
There were even illiterate elderly people who would tap their crutches and order their children to write for them with shining eyes.
"Mom, you are so old, why are you still joining in the fun..."
"What do you care? I'm earning money for my granddaughter's milk powder!"
The middle-aged man sat alone in the deserted room, checking every word of what he had just written. He had a heavy sword at his side, and his hands, which were used to holding a sword, were particularly clumsy when he wrote.
After checking it one last time and confirming that everything was correct, he breathed a sigh of relief, solemnly put away his resume, pushed open the door, and strode towards the market.
*
The crowd that had just gathered in front of the bulletin board had already dispersed, with only a few passers-by stopping here and talking curiously.
Gu Xiao grabbed his prepared resume and hurried to the bottom of the bulletin board, looking up at the snow-white fluff balls lazily basking in the sun.
I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but the number of pompoms seems to have increased.
She stood on tiptoe and tried to pass the paper upwards. She was facing a monster with little intelligence, but she felt nervous for some reason. She said in a soft voice, "Hi... This is my resume. Thank you for your help."
The pompoms shook, and suddenly two of them flew down, cooperating with each other, accurately grasped the two corners of the white paper, and flew into the sky with it.
Gu Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, but was also a little surprised.
He said he would give it to the white pompom, but I didn’t expect it to be true.
What kind of monster is this? It’s so useful and can even be used as a carrier pigeon.
As a fellow summoner, she couldn't help but feel envious.
There were hurried footsteps behind him, and another person came. He stood on tiptoe, imitating Gu Xiao and handed the resume in his hand to Bai Rongrong.
As the time approached five o'clock, more and more people gathered under the bulletin board, and the existing white pompoms would soon not be enough.
Gu Xiao didn't leave, looking at these cute little things with a little worry.
She was thinking about how they should solve the problem when she saw dozens of identical pompoms suddenly appear in the sky above the market.
"ah!"
“There’s still one?”
They flew down and, as their master instructed, slowly and steadily took away the papers that people had raised high.
At exactly five o'clock, the big clock in the town rang out a dull and loud sound, and the white fluff flew into the sky together, like a group of released doves of peace. Countless pieces of paper were blown by the wind, making a rustling sound like white doves flapping their wings. The scene was quite spectacular.
Gu Xiao opened his mouth wide, staring in amazement as they reunited with their companions in the air.
When hundreds of white fluffy creatures appeared together to greet their companions, Gu Xiao was so shocked that he didn't know what to say.
She stupidly released her monster snow rabbit from her backpack and invited it to enjoy this rare scene together.
The soft and chubby little rabbit was frightened and whimpered as soon as it came out. It stuck out its butt and struggled to get into Gu Xiao's arms. Its long ears drooped down to cover its eyes and it trembled.
He was so frightened, obviously because he sensed the aura of a high-level monster.
Gu Xiao patted its chubby little body soothingly, then he came to his senses and became angry again: Are you the summoned beast or am I the summoned beast?
How could a summoned beast hide in the summoner's arms when it encounters danger!
Look at other people’s summoned beasts, they can even help run errands. Is the difference between people so huge?
Gu Xiao was both angry and amused.
The tamed summoned beasts no longer display information and health bars in front of players other than their owners. Gu Xiao watched the white fluffy group disappear into the sky in an instant, with the players' exclamations ringing in her ears. Apart from envy and disappointment at her own stupid rabbit, she could no longer have any other emotions.
*
Let’s go back a little in time, to the bamboo forest.
After picking bamboo shoots, Shu Mo was walking towards the cabin when he ran into Fu Yiming, Jiang Qing and Haohao's family of three.
The three of them had just checked in and successfully grabbed a family suite with a hot spring. This time they booked it for a week at a time. With a huge weight off their shoulders, they were now ready to go out for a walk and take a look at the forest that was expanded by the hotel.
Seeing Shu Mo, Jiang Qing smiled and greeted him, "Boss."
"Thanks to the boss's reminder, we didn't rush back." Fu Yiming said gratefully.
"No, I should thank you for taking care of my business." Shu Mo smiled and pointed to the forest behind him. "This bamboo forest is also within the range of the barrier. It is absolutely safe. When you take a walk, just be careful not to go outside the forest."
Fu Yiming and Jiang Qing nodded to show that they understood.
Jiang Qing sighed: "The owner is really a god, he can create such a forest in an instant."
Shu Mo smiled and said nothing. He accepted her compliment generously and paused, "I won't bother you anymore. I'm at the front desk. You can come to me anytime if you have any questions."
After seeing Shu Mo off, the family of three continued walking towards the woods. As soon as they got close, they smelled the refreshing fragrance of bamboo leaves.
As we stepped into the forest, the dazzling afternoon sunlight was quickly blocked by the thick shade. The average height of the bamboo planted by Shu Mo is about ten to twenty meters. It is not a particularly tall variety, but for Haohao, who saw bamboo for the first time, it was shocking enough.
He raised his little head with great effort and unconsciously let out "Wow" with a long drawn-out tone.
His neck became sore from watching so much, so he lowered his head and began to run happily in the bamboo forest, sometimes touching the thick and solid bamboo poles, and sometimes squatting down to dig into the soil.
Jiang Qing was shocked by the stream that appeared before him.
The stream water was so clear that you could see the bottom. Jiang Qing squatted down and carefully dipped his hand into the water. The cold stream water flows through your fingers without being piercing. The touch of the water is comfortable and gentle.
It has been left there for a while, and there are no new statuses or health deductions, which means this is really just an ordinary stream.
Jiang Qing squatted by the stream, hugging his knees, a little dazed.
"There are fish in here?" Fu Yiming exclaimed bluntly, "It's not a monster... How is it possible?"
This is also what Jiang Qing finds incredible.
This hotel has brought her too many surprises, but the owner still manages to break her cognition time and time again.
In the game world, non-monster creatures actually appeared.
Fu Yiming could not help but reach out to catch it, but due to the refraction of light, he knew he had caught it in the wrong place the moment he made his move. He helplessly watched the small fish fry, as long as his index finger, slip away from his hand nimbly and flexibly.
The fish tail brushes across my fingertips, feeling slightly cool and smooth.
Not far away, a little fish playfully jumped out of the water, splashing water droplets that sparkled in the sun.
Fu Yiming suddenly recalled his childhood summer vacation when he returned to his hometown with his father and lived in a small village nestled in the mountains and beside the water. Every day, the two of them went up the mountain to pick wild vegetables and went into the water to fish.
The signal in the mountains was poor, there were no mobile phones, computers or game consoles, mosquitoes were rampant at night, and the living conditions were completely inferior to those in the buildings in the city, but Fu Yiming spent the happiest summer vacation of his life there.
He looked back at his son who was jumping and having fun in the bamboo forest. He was stunned for a while and blurted out, "I don't know if this fish can be caught?"
——Even if I have to pay for it!
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